FILM & COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION Nov 2011

a productions has offices in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands with experienced producers and a strong infrastructure to handle any kind of project. National TV commercials, production services for foreign companies and a 200,000-image location archive complete its portfolio as an all-round full production and service company.

a productions welcomes talented new young director, David Vergés. The company has just produced a Christmas campaign for J&B with David behind the camera.

Directors include Lino Escalera, David Vergés, Miquel Navarro, Eugenio Recuenco, Brent Bonacorso, Losito & Losito (high-speed tabletop specialists), and the film-makers Enrique Urbizu and Miguel Albadalejo.

Latest news from Artists Group:

• Beeline TVC for Russia, together with Bazelevs production house (bidding producer Andrey Dubinin) and agency Young & Rubicam, Moscow. The directors were sisters Tash & Tanya from the UK, and Artists Group was very happy to finally work together with Valeria Baburina, producer from Bazelevs. With beautiful weather and great locations (football stadium, racing track, city and apartment), the fantastic team contibuted to a great shoot.

The Caribbean region is an excellent place for all-year-round production, with sunny weather and a great variety of locations all in close range thanks to daily direct flights from major US, Canadian and European cities.

Caribbean Production Service provides full production service and locations for commercials, film productions and photo shoots across the Caribbean. It operates out of offices in Barbados and St. Martin with multilingual international and Caribbean crews, offering location scouting, casting, prop sourcing and set building, technical equipment, permits, customs, catering, accommodation and transportation.

The company organises shoots at competitive rates for every size and budget, working either directly with clients or supporting international production companies in realising their Caribbean shoots. Location images are sent free of charge.

Film and commercial productions include Avon Cosmetics, Wicked Pirate City  - National Geographic, Who do you think you are - Gwyneth Paltrow, National Lottery UK, Cricket advertising spots, Pirates Island, Under White Sails, Betrayal in Paradise, Vitamalt Drinks, Providence Bay, and many more.

Visit the website for more film samples, photo productions, a full client list and locations. Click the links for more Spotlight editions on Barbados, St. Barts / St. Martin and Anguilla, and follow the company on Facebook.

Chocolat Rouge is an executive production house based in Paris. The company operates in French and international markets through producers who have worked for over 15 years with famous agencies, production houses and clients from all over the world, including Orange, BMW, Kia, Haagen Dazs, ING Direct, Dior and Renault.

Chocolat Rouge firmly believes that blending talents brings wealth to a project. The company represents a pool of directors (from advertising to feature films) from various cultures and countries including France, Finland, Israel, Italy, Korea and South Africa.

Chocolat Rouge's production services help clients both in terms of creativity and cost efficiency. The company can fully organise a shoot, providing the best film crews, perfect locations and all the necessary equipment for corporate films, documentaries, TV/news, web, music videos, feature films and still images including photography, illustration or CGI.

"We believe in transparency, flexibility, reactivity and commitment. We would be delighted to help on your next shoot in beautiful France."

CINE is a commercial film production company founded 15 years ago by director, Clovis Mello, and executive producer, Raul Doria.

The CINE group, which includes special effects and computer graphics division Digital21, is based between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Half of its 100 employees have been working with CINE since its foundation, and the company is recognised within the industry for keeping a modern human resources policy that ensures a low turnover.

Throughout 15 years of activity the company's focus has been on producing commercial films, serving the leading Brazilian agencies and advertisers. CINE plays not only a creative and economic leadership role in the Brazilian market, but has also helped to improve the international standing of the sector.

MinusGreen is an Istanbul-based company offering production and line production services for feature films, TV commercials, music videos and photography.

MinusGreen produced feature films 'White as Snow' (aka 'Kar Beyaz') in 2010 as well as 'Which Movie' (aka 'Hangi Film') that competed for Best Film in the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and also won an Honorable Mention award at the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival.

The company co-operated as line producers with Bobby Khan Productions India for Ahmed Bukhatir's latest music video, 'Also Starring' and its latest work for DDB, and the Telia Sonera TV commercial. The company also worked as fixers for Kevin Spacey's 'Richard III' documentary film, produced by Treetops Productions UK.

Previous work included line production with Vessel Productions on a documentary film, a photo book project entitled 'Threads of Compassion', and an HHI TV programme produced by Leopard Films USA and shot in Istanbul.

MinusGreen collaborates with talented directors, offering competitive budgets with the advantage of shooting in a broad range of locations throughout Turkey.

Person Films Italy started in 2005 as a production services company, supporting visiting production companies and agencies from around the world.

The company's core business is to produce commercials, music videos, web content and films. Its goal is to guarantee maximum creative results through a select talent pool of crew, unique and diverse locations that break the Italian stereotype, and constant budget analysis to coordinate and communicate with visiting production companies. 

Person Films values creativity first, despite competitive budget challenges. It isn't just the undiscovered and inspiring locations that make Italy unique, but also a growing and constantly evolving architectural landscape that can now stand-in for virtually any European city. The film history of Rome also provides an added personal dedication in the company's crews and craftsmen, who have a reputation of producing some of the most important set constructions in the last 50 years. 

Cecile Leroy Beaulieu is the executive producer for Person FIlms Italy.

RGB is a production house for TV advertising, feature films, music and television. In 11 years the company has produced 1700 TV commercials, 15 music videos, two feature films and various audiovisual works.

RGB is a smart producer-friendly company that talks business. Creativity is never left out of the equation, but RGB competes in the market by doing its best to meet deadlines and budget requirements by minimising costs and fulfilling specific conditions quickly, effectively and safely.

RGB offers the following services for free for every project: budgeting, location scouting, casting services, production offices, editing rooms and internet services, fixed company overheads, unlimited rights buyouts, and much more. By collaborating with RGB, clients get the maximum advantages that a production requires, for short term or low budget productions, with construction and builds, crowd scenes, extended shooting days, period films, snowy winter scenes, animal handling, costume/mask manufacturing and access to specific locations.

"Prep hard, shoot fast, pay less."

Visit the website or find RGB on Facebook to check on production quality and value.

For 10 years, Tantor Films has offered production services all over Latin America, specialising in international commercials and photo production. Its widespread knowledge of shooting in Latin America guarantees the best selection of locations, crew, equipment, cast and of course the know-how in producing a smoothly run shoot.

The company provides an innovative approach when it comes to the development and execution of each project. It has produced over 200 projects in nine different countries, working with internationally recognised brands such as Pepsi, Budweiser, Wrigley, Ford, Carlsberg, Desperados, Adidas and many more.

Tantor Films is a boutique-style service production company dedicated to providing the best possible experience when shooting in Latin America.

Team Works Production is based in Spain, with offices in the most popular shooting locations: Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante-Valencia and Marbella.

The company covers all production needs, from locations and casting to equipment rental for commercials, features, TV and still photography. Its international producers are pleased to attend to clients.

Providing service for stills photography, commercials, virals, TV and features, the team also specialise in fashion photography and are renowned for shooting in some of the most impressive locations throughout Spain. They also specialise in providing the R1 rig, or the Russian Arm for car commercials shoots.

Clients include Kenzo, Chloe, Hermes, Kia, Maggi, VW, Laurel, Hyundai, Lexus, Chevrolet, Monocle, Samsung, Renault, Persol and many others.

Team Works' budgets are highly competitive and the company can offer a large database of high-quality locations.

"Trust, wisdom and security is Team Works Spain."

Travelling Films recently shot the latest KFC commercial 'Captain Shrimpo' for the  Middle East market through agency MI7 (Cairo) and The Producers film production  company. The commercial was directed by Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3 and Colombiana) with DOP Romain Lacourbas.

Two Birds is a New Zealand-based production company committed to creating exceptional screen content. With 25 years of experience shooting across New Zealand, the team knows the country from top to tail and will bring together the best people for every project.

Two Birds can also deliver post production services. Its team has worked on complex VFX shoots and post produced them with talented people in NZ. Founder Mary Wall originally produced at renowned post house Oktobor.

New Zealand offers the convenience of filming in opposite seasons, and with exceptionally talented crews and a great exchange rate provides a competitive market for production services. The pecking order at Two Birds ensures clear lines of communication throughout a project, and the team will do everything possible to ensure success.

Recent global clients included Mercedes-Benz, Procter & Gamble, Chevron and Li Ning, shooting with sporting legends Roger Federer and Asafa Powell. Two Birds also recently added in-house directors for moving-image projects.